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Patented Dec. 31, 1895.

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PAUL R. LFVIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CURLING-IRON HOLDER.

SPECIFIGATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,251, dated December 31, 1895.

Application filed January 2, 1895. Serial No. 533,595. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known thatl, PAUL R. LEWIS, Aof New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Curling-Iron Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of devices which are used for holding` curling-irons so that they may be conveniently heated; and the object of my invention is to produce a device of this kind which is very cheap and simple, which can be easily applied to an ordinary gas-burner, which may be quickly adjusted so as to iit a burner or curling-iron of any size, which is adapted to hold the curling-iron so that it is quickly and evenly heated, which also protects the curling-iron from the soot and smoke of the gasiiame, which has a convenient rest to support the curling-iron, which may be adjusted or removed without disturbing the ordinary burner-globe, and which in general is adapted to heat the curling-iron in the nicest, easiest, and most expeditious manner.

To these ends my invention consists of certain features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar igures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved curling-iron holder as applied to a gas-burner. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 5. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectional plan on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 6 is a crosssection on the line 6 6 of Fig. 3.

The curling-iron holder is provided with a shield 10, which is essentially tubular in order that it may nicely hold and protect the curling-iron, this shield being preferably formed of sheet metal, which at the bottom is comparatively narrow and flat, as shown at 11, but the upper part of the metal sheet is provided with wngs 12, which are bent inward toward each other to form the tubular shield, and the shield may be made to t irons of different sizes by bending these wings inward more or less, as required.

is formed preferably by bending out the metal of the shield, as shown at 13, and at its outer end the rest is bent upward slightly, as at 14, to prevent the curling-iron from slipping off, and at this point the metal is doubled under and returned upon itself, as shown at 15, and is stiffened by the side lugs 16, which project from the top part 13 of the rest and are bent under the part 15, as shown clearly in Fig. 6. The rest thus formed is cheap and strong and is adapted to enter the crotch of a curlingiron, as described presently, so as to form a support for the iron.

On the back of the shield 10 and at the bottom thereof is aburner-clip 17, which is tubular and is adapted to it upon a burner 19, this clip being preferably formed of sheet metal bent to the required shape; and to provide a cheap and strong means for fastening the clip to the shield it is provided at top and bottom with lugs or ears 18, which are passed through perforations in the shield, as shown clearly in Fig. 3, and then clinched.

When the device is to be used the clip 17 is slipped on over the burner 19, and the pitch of the burner is such as to bring the body of the shield 10 into the path of the iiame when the gas is lighted. The curling-iron 20 is inserted in the shield 10 with the crotch of the iron on the rest and with the handles 21 extending downward below the rest. The curling-iron should be inserted in the shield before the latter is applied to the burner, as in this case the springing of the iron holds it in place and the handles 21 may be utilized in applying the clip 17 to the burner or in removing it.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A curling iron holder, comprising a shield split on one side and adapted to hold a curling iron, and a clip to secure the shield to a b urner, substantially as shown and described.

2. A curlingiron hold er, comprising atubular shield bent at both ends, a device to hold the curling iron in the shield, and a fastening device to secure the shield to a burner, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the shield, of a ICO burner elip having lugs extending through provided with side lugs .which project from the shield, and bent to hold the clip md shield the upper member of the rest and :tre bent Io together, substantially as described. beneath the lower member thereof, substanf. The Combination, With a shield having tially as described.

means for attachment to t burner, of a rest PAUL R. LEXVIS.

at the foot of the shield, the rest being formed Vitnesses:

of the metal ef the shield bent outWa-rd imd C. SEDG-WIGK,

then doubled and returned upon itself, and F. XV. HANAFORD. 

